Candy-cooling apparatus.



E. J. BEACH. CANDY COOLING APPARATUS. APPLIoATIoN FILED AUG. 5, 1912.

Patented July 15; i913.

E. J. BEACH., CANDY COOLING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1912.

2 BREWER-SHEET 2.

Patented July 15,

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EML BEACH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

C'ANDY-GOLING APPARTUS,

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led August 5, 1912. Serial No. 713,397.

specification.

'forming a My invention' relates to improvements in cooling apparatus designed for use particularlyin the inanuactnre oi candy and has for its object thc production of apparatus of this character through the niediuin of which hot candy maybe ei'lectually cooled Without the employment of nianual labor.V

A further object of .my invention-is production of a cooler as mentioned which will loe compact in construction and etlicient in use. 'l

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinaterdescribed and claimed.,

The invention will be best understood by reference to the aceoinpanyingf drawings part of this speciiicet-ion, and in Wnich,

Figure 1 is a partially sectionalside ele-v vation of a cooling apparatus eniloodying iny invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse-sed 'tion taken on substantially line w-m of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of the apparatus.

The preferred form of construction ras illustrated in the drawings comprises an elongated. supporting traine which consists ot uprights 1 and 2 which are provided respectively at the opposite ends oi said trarne. lhe uprights 1 and 2 are connected by vertically spaced longitudinal nienihers 3 which are rigidly secured to the former as shown in the several views. Arranged at one end of said supporting traine are a plurality of vertically spaced rollers e'- Wliich are niounted in hearings provided in uprights 2 and arranged at the opposite ends oit said traine are a plurality of vertically spaced rollers 5. Traveling around the rollers 1- and 5 are endless conveyers or helts 6, metal 4sheets secured to the longji idinal edges intermediate the roller preventing sagging thereof. The rollers 5 mounted in hearing blocks Sivhieli are slidaloly mounted in slotted brackets 9 ivhe are fastened to nprights, 1., construction is suoli, as will loe observed, that horizontal ad1 s 'the rollers o will he permitted in order to take up any slacklin the conveyers, screws' 10 copeiatingl with the hearing blocks S in this adjustment,A as will he readily understood. Lock nuts'll coperate with screws lO'for lockingth'e latter in position of adjustrnent.

Uonveyers G are driven through the niediurn of a sprocket chain 12 which travels around the sprocket wheels 13 secured to corresponding extremities of rollers 4c, an idler sprocket 13 driving sprocket 14:, the

latter beingl secured to driving' shaft 15,-

whicli carries sprocket 1G at its innerl end faround `which travels driving sprocket chainV E17, the latter being connected with any'suit 'able source power. rl`he sprocket Wheels ll'engage with sprocket chain 12 in such a manner that, during operation of the device, the upper and lower' conveyers G will loe driven in one direction and the intermediate conveyer in' the opposite direction, as itill be readily understood.-

ln using the conveyor the pieces of candy to Toe cooled are deposited upon the upper side of the uppermost conveyer 6 at the right handend thereof, the distributing chute of the candy cutting machine being shown at 18. The candy thus deposited upon said conveyer is carried by the latter toward the lett. As said candyV reaches roller 5 the saine Tvill drop from said conveyer on to the inclined deflecting plate 19 which Will defleet the pieces of candy toward the second `conveyer t3. The latter Will then carry the candy in the opposite direction and as the candy passes-the corresponding roller l the saine will drop from the conveyer on to the inclined deiieetorv plate 20 which Will guide the same on to the lowerrnost conveyer 6.

-Zhe latter conveyer Wil-l carry the candyagain toward the leftand deposit the same into the discharge chut-eQl. 1With the arrangement set forth then, it Will he seen that the candy 1ivill be continuously carried back and forththe distance traveled corresponding in length to three times the length of the apparatus, that is the three shortv belts ein# ployed serve-the same purpose as 'one belt equal to 'the'eenahined lengths 'oi' theformer;

the snperposed arrangement ot the belts re-l sulting in compactness and hence in the eeononnzing' of space.

The provision ,of plates 7 results in the.

upper sides o-i'fthe conveyer 6 beingA inclosed in dat passa-ges or tubes which areopen at ents of fiedevia@ Y of dem i. :led

the di edf 333:3 Ill mi il inclosng 45 vers intermedi- 015 pl'cfventng sagging of 1U. .mrnns fm:

0j? he c as: (fiescrbed xe inne?! Sies @if mmbews re'vent the candy pieces g 'from The sume.

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